Hello and Happy Wednesday!
I was getting my daughter's lunch together this morning and I wanted to share a favorite "tool" that I use almost daily when I make her lunches. She's not much for hot lunch so I make her a cold lunch almost every day. When I do I use these wonderful reusable baggies. I have one set of 2.
I only have a photo of one as the other was used in her lunch box today, and this one was only left behind because I let her have a lunchable. I purchased them fromIsland Picnic store on Etsy. They are so nice because they seal with Velcro and they're completely washable. If I need to use them for anything a little more messy (example a messy pb & j) where I'm worried something sticky like jam will get all over, I just wrap a small piece of paper towel around it before I put it in the baggie. I figure it's better to use a lot less plastic baggies and then the bit of paper towel also acts as her napkin for that lunch. In the past there were many times that I used 3-4 baggies in her lunch each day! Now I hardly ever use a plastic baggie. Over the course of a school year that's a lot less waste in our environment. I like them better than containers as they fit in her bag better too. I'm not associated with Island picnic in any way - just a little something to share for all the other lunch making mom's out there.
I think I found these baggies when I was browsing on Pinterest. I'm not sure if I "pinned it" on my Pinterest but I think I found the idea there. It got me to thinking. I've heard several different people say that one of their resolutions this year is to actually make or do some of the things they pin on Pinterest! Lol! I actually think that's such a great idea as I know I love Pinterest and pin often, but I've only made a few of the actual ideas or recipes. So I thought maybe I'd actually share some of those attempts here on the blog now and then. In the meantime please feel free to check out my pinterest account and follow me there. It's on the sidebar of my blog.
So how many of you out there make a lot of their pinterest pins? Have you had a lot of success?
I have such a love for stained glass. It just speaks to my soul!
If you have seen in some of my other posts like this one I have many stained glass accents in our cottage home, as that post shows some of my stained glass lamps and my stained glass panels along the patio doors in the dining room.
Well we recently did a bathroom remodel and we redid just about everything in there, but the one thing we kept was our stained glass window.
The above photo shows the main part of the bathroom. We redid all the cabinetry, sinks, granite countertops. To the immediate left is our tub and next to that our newly tiled shower and around the corner to the right the toilet and walk-in closet. We were thrilled with the results! However, above our tub in the original bathroom was a large glass block window. We didn't care for the look of glass block, so I was able to find this stained glass window online that was actually supposed to hang vertically - but I thought why not hang it horizontally? It would be perfect to disguise the glass block, yet still let natural light into the room. My hubby indulged me and framed it in and we had an electrical strip of lighting put in with it. It was a perfect solution for the original bathroom and we still love it in the new one too.
So in the evenings if we want we can light it up (as once it gets dark it doesn't show up much)
And during the day sunlight just gleams through it!
So that has been my go-to solution for many things in our home - from using a stained glass lamp to fill a corner to using it as an accent alongside our doors. And in this case a stained glass window to cover up an ugly glass block window. I think repurposed places are often recycling stained glass and could be a good option for finding just the right piece. In most situations I have found it's not much more of an expense than to use other materials... and in my opinion it's so much prettier.
I'm joining Cozy Little House for Tweak it Tuesday
